Short rail for bedsteads



March 17, 1925'. 1,529,876

J. H. DE BQER SHORT RAIL FOR BEDSTEADS Fild Nov. 13, 1924 Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN HENRY DE BOER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.,

SHORT RAIL FOR BEDSTEAD S.

Application filed November 13, 1924. Serial No. 749,716.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY DE Bonn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Syracuse, county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Short Rails for Bedsteads, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

This invention has relation to that class of bedstead side-rails which are made short in length for the purpose simply of temporarily locking the foot-board and the headboard together in their natural upright positions for use in the show-room, one'example of this class being indicated in my former Patent No. 991,049, dated May 2, 1911. The object of the present invention is to improve thisshort rail so that it will have an ornamental appearance, while at the same time the work of attaching and detaching the device will not be interfered with, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device in position on a head-board and foot-board;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the short rail, detached;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views showing a modification Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views showing another modification. p

I have shown my invention applied to that form of short rail covered by my aforesaid former patent, co-nsisting'essentially of an open rectangular frame 10 whose ends are adapted to be held respectively against the posts of the foot-board and the headboard by means of a pair of hook-bolts 11 extending through holes in the vertical members of the frame and connected at their inner ends by a turnbuckle 12, the projecting ends of the bolts being formed into hooks for the purpose of engaging the anchor-bolts in the posts of the head-board and foot-board. The objection to this type of device is that the bed is somewhat disfigured as'a show room exhibit by reason of the fact that the turnbuckle and the bolts are exposed to view. In order to remedy this and make the bed entirely ornamental, I fit into the outer face of the frame 10 a panel consisting of a rectangular board 13 having a molding 14 around its edge, which molding is afiixed to the panel and overlaps upon the outer face of the frame 10. The inner face of the panel is provided with two spring-clips 15 positioned to engage the shanks of the hook-bolts 11 at points between the turnbuckle and the adjacent vertical bar of the frame. These clasps are of spring metal so as to spring over the bolts 11 and afford sufiicient friction to hold the panel in position. The panel may be readily removed by pushing outwardly on its inner side, to thus spread the clasps.

Each clasp is constructed of two pieces of spring metal shaped to fit over the bolt 11 and fastened to theinner face of the panel.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I show another form of clasp 15 consisting of a single. piece of spring metal extending inwardly and provided with a downwardly-extending tab which springs down behind the flattened part of the bolt 11, these bolts 11 being flattened (indicated in my former patent) for the purpose of sliding, through a vertical slot in the side member of the frame.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show still another form of clasp 15 In this form, the clasp consists of a single piece of metal bent substantially into U form and adapted to snap over the rounded part of the bolt by simply pressing the panel inwardly. It will be observed that in all types of these clasps, the panel may ,be'readily put in position from the outside of the frame and be readily detached by pressing it outwardly, 'it being necessary in the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 to spring the tab 15 upwardly far enough to disengage it from the foot part of the bolt. When in position, as will be seen in Fig. 1, the bolts and turnbuckle will be obscured and the outer side of the short rail will be given an ornamental appearance. It will, of course, be understood that the turnbuckle cannot be operated until the panel is removed.

What I claim is: p

1. A short rail for bedsteads consisting of an open frame carrying a pair of bolts and a turnbuckle connecting the bolts at a I point within the frame, and a panel fitting into the frame at the outside thereof and provided with means for anchoring it to one or both the aforesaid bolts.

2.v A shol't'rail for, bedsteads consisting of an open frame carrying a pair of bolts and atnrnbngkle connecting the bolts at a pointiwithin the frame, and ,az panelijfitting into the frame at the outside thereof and provided with means for anchoring it to one-or both of the aforesaid bolts; sai-ctanchoring means consisting of spring c1asping means fastened to the panel and adapted to engage one 01- more ofthe bolts.

3- In testimonyiwheredf L1] heremn'te; afiix my signature.

v DE BOER. 

